Teenage Hardship Quotes

I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much.

I was 14 years old when my dad went into rehab, and he stayed there for a long time - I don't know, 10 or 12 years maybe. He first was there as a resident, as someone trying to get sober, and it took a long time; and then he stayed on helping people get their GED.

Granddad was deported to a Siberian prison camp at the age of 15.

When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

The childhood games ended for me when I was 14 and I finished school. I had to find a job, not an easy thing in those days.

It's rough being a teenager in this day and age.

Being a teenager is as difficult as living with one. And we've all been there. Perhaps that's the reason we're so hard on them.

I did not have a car in high school and neither did Angelina. Try to imagine. You go to Beverly Hills High, one of the wealthiest high schools in the nation. Even the cheapest car that anyone has is brand new. All my friends are well off. I have a movie-star father and no car. It was debilitating.

I think being a teenager is a difficult journey in and of itself, but being transgender makes it that much harder.

Being a teenager these days is not for the faint of heart.